The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1925, Page 1

Insure the DAILY WORKER To the Last Spike! Before March 5 Vol. Il. No. 43. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY | 'HE citizen's committee to enfue.. the Landis award has issued a warning against. the increase in graft in the building industry. . The Landis committee owes its existence to graft- ing labor fakers who can, be seduced by filthy lucre from their, duties as trade union officials, elected to serve their fellow workers. The man who made the motion before, the Chicage Building Trades Council to aecept the Landis award purchased over $200,- @00 dollars worth of real.estate a few days ago. Where did he get the money? The spread of the open shop movement here in Chicago is rapid. The Landis award committee may thank the grafters. They are its best friends and it knows that. oa 'HE president of the local district council of carpenters signed an agreement with five contractors last year which was word for word the form contract endorsed by the Landis award. For opposing this scab con- tract, flve- members of Local 181 were illegally expelled from the union. They were expelled by the grafters who fatten on the Landis award and on open shop contractors. The reac- tionaries are everywhere working hand in hand with the bosses. It true that the bosses do not like to be held up for graft, but it costs less to fix a grafting labor leader than to give even a small increase in wages to thousands of workers. w+ 8 ARRY SINCLAIR and Edward L. Doheny are not worrying over the Teapot Dome prosecutions. It looks as if they had the United States prosecutors in an apologetic frame of mind. Sinclair is insisting on a trial, and Doheny is down in Mexico look- ing after his oil wells, which he purchased about the time the famous “socialist” Calles was selected by Wall Street. Lawyers are still anx- ious for more revelations in Washing- ton, but the plutes know all about the hold-up business and are not doing much worrying. All is well with big business on the banks of the Potomac. toe 8 N if the workers are doing a| that is raging in Washington, over the question whether the air navy or the aquatic death castles are more serv- iceable weapons in snuffing out hu- man life. The workers will have a hard time deciding. One thing they are sure of: the masters of their lives are leaving nothing undone to take care of their passage into eternal sleep. Admiral Sims, who is a rooter for a large air navy gleefully de- scribes the development of a new air bomb which “can go clean thru a battleship.” What a pleasant pros- pect before one hundred per cent Am-| ericans. WRITER in a capitalist paper describing some alleged experi ences in Aeeia in a horrified tone exclaizs: “How can any country which denounces any belief whatso- ever in a supreme being and scoffs at any form of religion, as Russia as a Red country does now, ever expect to prosper?” The workers and peas- ants of Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Po land, and the superstitious masses in China and Africa might give an ans- wer. They believe in more gods than there are fleas on an Armenian rug mérchant, yet they are poor. Why? see ‘DWARD A. FILENE, Boston busi- ness man, in a recent signed ar. ticle said that “the business men of the world are united. Their union, the international chamber of com- merce, altho but four years old, is already known the world over by its works.” This is one of the capitalist internationals, perhaps the capitalist international since the league of na- tions failed to go over. Filene gives the international chamber of com- merce credit for hatching the Dawes plan. The next meeting of the white international will be in Brussels, in June. And yet some workers squea) because the Communists are affiliated with the Communist International the only world organization of the work- ing class that is able to cope with the capitalist international and eventually defeat It. ** 6 ‘HE BRITISH house of commons by a vote of 270 to 101 appropri- ated over $100,000,000 for the biggest air fleet in the world. Even the pa- clfists are no longer certain that the last world war was indeed the last. (Continued on Page 2.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Hs. CEN ENGH tig a e* 150 NEW 5 VORK Ny Entered as second-class matter September. 21, 1923, at the WS meee BERT IN GERMAN REICH Spokesmen of Capital- ism Show Their Regrets (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) BERLIN, March 1—Frederick Ebert president of the imperial German so- clalist republic, died Saturday morn- ing after a short illness following an operation to remove his appendix. Ebert's death may be followed by @ political crisis as the nation is al- ready torn with class struggles and reeking with graft scandals is which Ebert himself was alleged to have been involved. Baldwin Sends Regrets. The tory government of Britain has sent its official regrets and Coolidge frat ee in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicage, by mail, $ Heenent of the capitalist republic of nited States, cabled his regrets, as did Secretary of State Hughes, who said in part: T have the most agreeable mem- ory of President Ebert, having been received by him while I was in Ber- lin, where I formed a high opinion of his great ability and the part he Played in the development of Ger- man democracy since the war.” Among other condolences arriving from capitalist governments™was one from Mussolini of fascist Italy, and accompanying it was a message in the name of the pope from the papal secretary of state. So far as known, the Soviet government has omitted both flowers and regrets. Regrets Are Real. That these regrets for the passing of the well-known social-democrat are real and have a profound foundation in the conduct of Ebert andthe whole social democracy during ana since the war, is seen in the fear of international capital that Ebert's death may precipitate an election in| the workings of the Dawes’ plan, which Ebert’s regime had imposed upon the| German workers. While Ebert’s son and social-demo- cratic cronies are striving to picture Ebert as having been “hounded -to death” by his political enemies, these point out that the alleged worry he was supposed to have suffered has (Continue on Page 2) War Head Says He Censors and Alters Reports of Officers WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.— Secretary of War Weeks admitted on the stand before the aircraft congres- sional investigating committee, that he censored reports of army officers before allowing them to be printed. “I wanted to be sure nothing was printed that would cause disturbance,” Weeks said. Weeks also admitted that re- ports of officers were frequently held up a ygar before being made public. RUSSIAN COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER GREETS THE DAILY WORKER (Special to The Daily Worker) KIEV, Russia, ‘March 1.—The DAILY WORKER has received the following letter from the “Prole- tarskaya Pravda,” the Russian Com- munist newspaper published in Kiev, Ukraine. The letter congra- tulates the DAILY WORKER on the first anniversary of be ‘initial publi- cation, It says “Dear Comrades, 1 am glad to thank you for the DAILY WORKER, which we began to receive some days ago, and con- gratulate you on the first annivers- ary of your paper, May it live and become the paper of all the work- ers of Americ Will you ‘be so good as to send us “The Workers Monthly"—all issues of 1924 and the recent issues. As to our paper, “The Proletarsa- ya Pravda” we are now sending it to your office. Best greetings. Your for Communism, (Signed) M. ZOLON.” © DECREASED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN EAST HITS TOTAL OF WAGES PHILADELPHIA, March 1—Decreased industrial activity in January resulted In a falling off of 2.5 per cent in the total wages paid in Pennsyl- vania and 4.2 per cent in those paid in New Jersey, according to the report of the federal reserve bank of Philadelphia, In Pennsylvania this decline came in spite of an increase of 1.5 per cent in employment which means that average wages in that state declined nearly 4 per cent as compared with December. .In New Jersey there was a drop of 1.4 pr cent in the num- Se seen ontot 8 ver Wont to warien vegeee ‘|be crushed, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1925 per-year. TATEMENT on the recognition of Soviet Russia by the Central Ex. ecutive Council of the Workers (Communist) Party. _ The resignation of Secretary of State Hugh 8 been followed by an official announcement that the Coolidge administration will open nego- tiations with Soviet Russia to determine the conditions on which a trade agreement and treaty will be made. j The United States is the only government of importance that has not yet recognized the government of the Russian workets fand peasants. The United States is the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world and impendiig recognition of Soviet Russia by: Its ‘strongest and most bitter antagonist has the greatest significance for the American working class and the international revolutionary movement. Hughes Suffers Defeat. 1. What are the reasons for this change of front by American im- perialism? 2. What must the attitude of the American working class be towards the negotiations? ta. Hughes, who carried over the Wilson policy and,rabid hatred of the workers and peasants’ government into the Harding-Coolidge ad- ministrations, has suffered a political defeat at the hands of Senator Borah. Borah is the progressive figleaf of the Coolidge administration and his middle-class following demands and forces recognition for itself.” The Coolidge forces cannot afford to allenate this group which Borah leads. i 1b. Russian trade has shown the falsity of the Hughes contention that It Is of no consequence in the world markets. The utterly reactionary southern cotton plantation owners are now competitors for the Russian markets. They alone are a powerful economic group and their need for markets is great, due to the dislocation of the American textile industry because of increasing Chinese and Indian competition. 4 Success for Soviet Diplomacy. 1c. The success of Soviet diplomacy in China and the Far East, the acquisition of the Chinese railway by the Soviet Government, the powerful and increasing influence of Soviet Russia among the peoples of the orient. 4 id. The Russo-Japanese treaty and the rights tothe development of the oil, coal and iron on the lower half of Saghalien Istand given Japan. te. The change in the policy of the Standard Oil interests from that of encouragement of counter-revolution to a policy of trade with Soviet Russia—a change forced by the successful military resistance of the Soviet Union, by the increasing rivalry between American and British oll interests and the necessity for buying additional oil reserves from the rich stores of the Baku region. if. The entry of the American capitalists a. aecale hitherto unknown—the Dawes plan, the hi financial and economic penetration of 1g. The absolute | ablished with aeviee wale 2a. The Coolidge government will try to assume an aggressive role in the coming negotiations. It will lay down as conditions that the czarist debts to America must be paid, it will try to insist on change in the Soviet government, it will demand that Communist propaganda be pro- hibited. It will try to save its face before the masses of the-American work- ers to whom it has said a thousand times that it would recognize no gov- ernment that warred on capitalism, Resurrect Lie of Counter-Revolutionists. All the hoary lies of the counter-revolutionary blackguards will be resurrected, dusted off and used. It is not improbable that a new attack on the Workers (Communist) Party of America will be launched. Al- ready the American capitalist press is trying to discredit Zinoviev and drive a wedge into the sections of the Communist International. American capitalism will try to deprive the Soviet government of all popular sup- port in the United States while the negotiations are in progress. The Workers (Communist) Party of America calls upon the work- ers of the United States to demand unconditional recognition of the work- ers’ and peasants’ government of Russia. It calls upon the workers to hold mass meetings, demonstrations, and send strong messages to the president, congressmen and senators de- mand unconditional recognition for the first workers’ and farmers’ gov- ernment in the world. It calls upon the American workers to show by their words and actions that they see in Soviet Russia the great friend of the toiling mil- lions In industry and agriculture, that no matter what the capitalist rulers of America may do, the American workers recognize Soviet Russia as the leader of the workers’ struggle, the first fortress of the world revolu- tion, a power for the working class and against their oppressors in every land. jan affairs on -:: to Leo: tions are Workers (Communist) Party’ of America, Central Executive Committee, ® William Z. Foster, Chairman. C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary. WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA FIGHT THE CRIMINAL SYNDICALIST.LAWS; CHEER FOR CLASS WAR‘VICTIMS By S. GLOBERMAN~- (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, March 1.—A successful protest meeting against crim- inal syndicalist laws was held at the Music Art Hall under the auspices of the Labor Defense Council, The crowd enthusiastically demonstrated its oppositiom to those tyrant laws and cheered lustily for Ruthenberg, Foster and all others who are tuling class for ————————————— ed out the reason why it is that the Workers (Communist) Party is now victimized by the their devotion to the working class. Gorman Is Chairman “The cause for Communism cannot said the chairman of the meeting, Comrade Dave Gorman. “We are abolitionists and you know now what Garrison, John Brown and many others received from the ruling class. “We are expounding principles which are more ful to the idlers to the pafasites, than the abolition. ists of the past, inasmuch as they fought, for reforms, changing from chattle slavery to wage slavery, while we are aiming to on all forms of bearing the brunt of persecution. (Continued on page 6.) company, bankruptoand in re Comrade ,Bushein his speech on what criminal, ei laws mean | Pefused to pay. to the worker this country, point-' beats, ra the vassal wi oe: He showed that it is the duty of the workers to support and defend the Communists for in defending the Ly WORKE Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, Ep 290 “THEY MUST NOT IN MANY LANDS Many Sacco - Vanzetti Meetings in U. S. A. The protest of the workers against the continued imprisonment of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, now facing death in Massachusetts in la- boWs cause, rang thru the world yes- terday. Led by the Thicd (Communist) In- ternational the workers voiced their protest against the frame-up of the two trade union organizers. At meetings conducted by the Com- munists in all the principal countries of the world, the working class speak- ers declared that “Sacco and Van- zetti Must Not Die,” and rallied the workers to fight against the onslaught of the capitalist courts against the organized workers. Big Meeting in Chicago The Sacco_and Vanzetti meeting in Emmet Memorial Hall, Chicago cheer- ed William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, Jack Johnstone, secretary of the Trade Union Educat- ional League, and speakers represent- ing the Industrial Workers of the World and other labor organizations. Mass Meetings were held in New York, Pittsburgh, Boston, where Ben- jamin Gitlow was the principal speak- er, Cleveland, Ohio, where Robert Minor, Communist speaker, writer and cartoonist spoke, Warren, Ohio, Hartford, Waterbury and New Haven, Conn., Detroit, Mich., and many other cities, Huge demonstrations were schedul- ed to take place in Paris, Rome, Ber- lin, London, and the principal indus- trial centers and cities of Europe, a8 well as thruout Soviet Russia. Prisoners of the Class War » “Sacco and Vanzetti are in jail be- eause there is a class struggle,” Dun- me told the several hundred. enthus- jastic workers who crowded the hall. “They symbolize the fate that» the capitalist class would visit on every fighting worker.” “America is the land of the free and the home of the brave,” said Ralph Chaplin sarcastically, “If you don’t believe it, read the capitalist press. We can’t blame our bourgeois friends who are hot working for the release of Sacco and Vanzetti. They think (Continue on Page 2) Traction Lines Run Down Under - Bankers Control The annual report of the Chicago surface lines, just made public, dis- closes that under the mis-management of Samuel Insull and the bankers con- trolling the lines, net receipts were $1,308,700 less during the year ending Jan, 31, 1925, than the preceding year. The report declared that 5,300,000 fewer pasengers were carried in 1924 than in 1923, Vienna Bakers to Strike. VIENNA, March 1.—The bakers of this city threaten\a general strike if their demand for a ten per cent in- crease in wages is not granted. COMMISSION WOULD PROBE STANDARD O!L BUT NOT PRICE RISE WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.— The federal trade commission has recommended that the department of justice investigate the results of the Standard Oil dissolution decree, declaring that concerns connected with the Standard Oil are still oper- ating as a monopoly. The commis- sion, however, did not object to the in the price of crude oil, kerosene and gasoline which the Standard Oil company was able to insitute because of its monopoly. The report stated that “some members of the Standard Oil group are fortifying themselves by ac- quiring control of independent com- panies and entering new branches of the industry.” ‘The Standard Oil company a few weeks ago declared a general r: in the price of crude oll and oil products. INSURANCE.COMPANY WENT BROKE BACKING BOSSES IN STRIKES NEW YORK, March 1.—The Employers’ Mutual Insuran ivership after claims of $6,000,000 filed in one year by corporation policy holders it was insuring against strike lossees is now trying to recever unpald assessments which the insured’ companies There are a dozen big ave eet plants ami and Service the dead 3 30 et Published daily except Sunday by? PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W, Washin B Mine = Union "HE DAILY WORKER ‘on Blyd., Chicago, Ill. arons Open DIE!” CRY HEARD Big Ofi ensive On al Miners NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents ae The entering wedge of ihe nnost gigantic open shop offens- ive ever waged against the orga izéd workers in this country was inserted into the western Pen ' Armeri¢a, when the operators of of the United Mine Workers ¢ lvania and Ohio, sectors those two sections of the grou) of soft coal states known as the central competitive field arranged for @ meeting to be held in Cleveland, Friday, at which war plans, will be made looking to- wards the smashing of the miners unio and eventually placing the entire coal mining industry om a strictly non-union basis. Keyed to a high pitch of optimism Over the rapid advance of the open shop movement in the coal industry, within the past two years, the operators of western Pennsylvania feel that this is the opportune time to smash the union that nae stood between the coal barons greed and in-?— dustrial feudalism for the dig- gers. The operators in Illinois and Indiana, where the unjon has not yet reached the level at which the coal barons wish it to be before opening the attack, have not joined openly in the of- fensive. They have not accepted the invita- tion to attend the Cleveland confer- ence, tho they admitted that the movement had a deep interest for them. It is understood that they are heavy contributors to the financial pool which is backing the conspiracy. The Plan of Attack. The Ohio and western Pennsylvania operators are expected to declare a suspension of coal mining im- mediately after the Cleveland meet- ing, unless a more cautious policy prevails. Should the original Inten- tion be adopted, the mines would be opened after April 1, on a strictly non- union basis. The miners will be of- fered the 1917 wage scale which means a 25 per cent cut. The initiators of the open shop drive were among the first to sign the Jacksonville agreement which was hailed by John L: Lewis as one of the greatest victories in the history of the miners! unions--The operators signed with their tongues in their cheeks and were awaiting an oppor+ tunity to break the agreement. Their excuse now is, that non-union coal is driving the union operators out of the market, and unless the union agrees to a wage scale that will enable them to compete with the non-union opera- tors, they will be obliged in the in- terests of self-preservation: to break with the union. Owned By Same Interests. It happens that the non-union mines are owned by the same interests that own the union mines, Very cleverly, the coal operators exploited the Ken- tucky and West Virginia bituminous fields until the production was suffi- ciently heayy to supply the market in the event of a strike for a period long enough to insure victory for the coal barons. A progressive labor leader- ship would have thwarted this danger by throwing the entire weight of the} organization into the unionization of the scab pits. But this was the last thing that occurred to Lewis who had his hands full expelling honest and courageous leaders like Howat, Mc- Lachlan and MacDonald from office and from the United Mine Workers , (Continued on page 2) IRON WORKERS’ LEADER SPEAKS TO LABOR BODY McNasiits: Indicted on Trumped Up Charge J. J. McNamara, former secretary of ‘the International Unton of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was cordially received by the delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor yes- terday, when he was given the floor to explain the campaign now being carried on against him and the struc- tural fron workers in Indianapolis, by the state and the employers’ associa- tions. McNamara is now business agent of |the Indfanapolis local of the iron workers’ union and «s under indict- ment on a charge of blackmail. The only truth in the {indictment McNa- mara explained, was that he approach- ed employers with the request that members of his organization be em- piwyéd on classification of work to which the organization was entitled, » First of’ its Kind, ? The employers boast that this ig. the first time such an indictment has ever been voted in the United States and if they are successful in convict- ing MeNamara, it will give the bosses another legal weapon with which to fight the workers. The Chicago lacal of the iron workers voted to support McNamara in his fight and pledged financial assistance. The local sent a letter to the (hicago Federation of (Continue on Page 2) British Business Men Show Eagerness to Do Business with Russia MOSCOW, March 1.— As reported from London, the British government has been approached by a group of industrialists belonging to the con- servative party and interested in do- ing business with the Soviet Union, with a request that the report of the British representative at Moscow on the social and economic conditions in the U. S. S. R. be published by the government, and also that the latter send a-commission to Russia for an “impartial study of the situation.” END IT IN TODAY! pa International. Day, March 8th. Give us your order NOW! THE DAILY WORKER, Enclosed §. for. ternational, to be sent to: MARCH IS THE MONTH OF REVOLUTION ARCH is here—the Month of Revolutions! 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